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By: Shree1news, 05 JAN 2021
Hailing India’s leadership in scientific innovation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates has stated it is great to see the nation’s leadership in scientific innovation. The co-founder of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has also praised India for its vaccine-manufacturing capabilities to finish the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking to Twitter, Bill Gates mentioned, “It’s great to see India’s leadership in scientific innovation and vaccine manufacturing capability as the world works to end the COVID-19 pandemic.”
This isn’t the first time Gates has hailed India, however, even previously, the Microsoft founder has praised India for the government’s proactive measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
In response to officials, Gates – in a letter to Modi – stated he was glad that the Indian government was absolutely utilising its distinctive digital capabilities in its COVID-19 response and had launched the ‘Aarogya Setu’ digital app for coronavirus tracking, contact tracing, and to connect people to health services.
He also expressed the need for India’s cooperation in manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Earlier, while speaking in a documentary, Gates mentioned that India’s pharmaceutical industry will be capable of produce COVID-19 vaccines not only for the nation but in addition for the whole world.
In December last year, Bill Gates had warned that the next 4 to 6 months could possibly be the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I thought the US would do a better job handling it,” Gates, had stated whereas the US was reporting the maximum deaths because of COVID-19.
“Sadly, the next 4 to 6 months might be the worst of the pandemic. The IHME (Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation) forecast shows over 200,000 additional deaths. If we would follow the rules, in terms of wearing masks and not mixing, we could avoid a large percentage of those deaths,” Gates had mentioned.
Source: A-N
